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Originally Posted by ianrail
Isn't this Caledonian Sleeper service run by an outfit like Serco? Where do they get the guys who actually drive the trains and do they really know how to operate trains on a railway? They have indeed had a lot of bad press but this isn't surprising with the number of incidents and problems with the new trains.
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Just been thumbing through Rail #885. They have an article on it. They say..
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Originally Posted by Rail 885
GB Railfreight supplies drivers and traction to CS. Managing director John Smith said "On Thursday August 1, Caledonian Sleeper's Train Manager deployed the Emergency Brake at Edinburgh Waverly. Serco, which operates the service on its safety case, with GBRf locomotives, is investigating the incident"
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So it looks like the driver
may have been GBRf, and the groundstaff in charge of the coupling
may have been Serco. I don't find the above terribly clear.
BW